Last night I went through my elementary school "artworks". Within those artworks I found something I painted in the 6th grade. I specifically remember the teacher instructing us to paint a landscape with Q-tips and using a bunch of dots without using a brush or anything. Who does this artwork remind you of in Art History?
-Sana Hadyeh, Art-5
I have personally never been to an art museum before I had taken Art History, but there are plenty of artworks that I've heard about beforehand (I even have a small reprint of Van Gogh's Starry Night hung up in my restroom! heh!) My question to you guys is have you ever seen a work of art within a book or some sort of media and then actually went to go see it for yourself? What does the experience feel like? Are there any artworks you guys would like to actually see in person?
I personally would like to see van Gogh's Starry Night myself simply because I have heard of van Gogh all my life, ever since I was in the 2nd grade when we learned the biography of him for the first time. -- Does anyone know where it is located?
Gerald Herrera, Art 5
I was wondering what kind of art forms and mediums do you guys enjoy seeing, drawing, or creating? I love drawing myself with a pencil and eraser. I feel like you can really feel your art work come alive and you move one with your pencil. You have the completely control of what stays and goes, as if you create your own world. Mediums, I like to use color pencils. But I found out that color pencils are not as easy as I thought they were after taking an art class. There is a technique to it, but if used correctly the colors are so flawless and clean. So what do you like to see, or prefer to use?
Lynsie Chu, Art 5
In this 21st century, technology has become a huge influence in everyday society. Before, the creation of photography benefited artists in capturing that single moment/sense of movement. It changed the way artist viewed the world. But now there are cellphones, computers, and many more advance technology to come. People are now able to draw on tablets, and yes drawing on the computer does produce beautiful work but does it distance an artist from their work of art? Do you think technology will distant many generations to come from having that intimate time working closely with their canvases?
Lynsie Chu, Art 5
If you’re still on the fence about purchasing your shiny new MacBook Air Jordan (announced this morning), but you’re worried it might go out of style in a few years, might we point to how well this Braun cassette player has held up over the years. Don’t worry, we’ll explain.
To commemorate the opening day of MacWorld, Gizmodo has put together an amazing product-by-product comparison between Apple’s design and the products designed for Braun in the 60s. In other words, it’s a Dieter Rams vs. Jonathan Ive smackdown. Some of the similarities are rather eerie, especially that pocket radio. Gizmodo also compiles a beautiful gallery of other non-Apple implemented Braun designs, and we’re so looking forward to the day when Apple makes the iLighter. Thanks to VLU for the tip.
Recently, I just learned that Islam held ties to Christianity. I really had no idea they were even related. I thought these two religions were two completely different faiths. In class, I learned that the Prophet Muhammad was a prophet of God, and he even had a vision of the Archangel Gabriel telling Muhammad that he is a prophet. I thought the belief of angels were held strictly to Christianity. Even artists of the Middle Ages had inscribed Islamic writing onto the robes of the Virgin Mary, even though they could not read the text. Saying so, the two beliefs have major differences between each other; the Christian belief of the Holy Trinity and Jesus Christ as the son of God. After class, I tried to see what other information I can find. It was really intriguing to learn something like this.
I did a research paper on this man and fell in love with him. Believe it or not, Apple is inspired by him. I'll post more about that later. Why I fell in love with him is his 10 principles of design. Here is Dieter!
In the beginning of my Art History Class, my professor gave us a question, "What is Art?" At that moment, I actually had no idea what exactly is art. Throughout the summer, that question has been in the back of my mind. After looking at different art works from his lecture and from the internet, I found my own answer: Everything is art. Art can be view in an infinite amount of ways, whether it is a movie, a video game, a play, an opera and even a sketching of your own hand can be considered as art. However this question may vary between other people and I would like to hear your answer to this question:What is Art?
Heywood Yee Art 5
I usually ALWAYS look at the Yahoo! news before I log into my e-mail and several weeks ago something caught my eye. It was titled, "Italian Art Historians 'find 100 Carvaggio Paintings'"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/9379713/Italian-art-historians-find-100-Caravaggio-paintings.html
The link, above, claims that Art Historians found 100 Carvaggio paintings. They are in the process of proving those paintings "authentic". Is this possible? Is it possible that they just NOW discovered these artworks. They are said to have been created in Milan in the years of 1584-1588. umm..it's 2012!!! This is an amazing Art Discovery that can be worth millions. I will be eagerly waiting for that e-book!
-Sana Hadyeh, Art-5
Ernst FischeA female face depicted in mosaic on an ancient Jewish synagoge. Archaeologists uncovered this high-quality artwork in June 2012.
A glittering mosaic of colored stones once decorated an ancient synagogue floor with scenes of the Biblical hero Samson getting revenge on the Philistines.
This newly excavated discovery in the ancient Jewish village of Huqoq not only depicts an unusual scene — Samson tying torches to foxes' tails in order to burn his enemies' crops — it's also remarkably high-quality, said dig archaeologist Jodi Magness of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
In a mosaic, "the smaller the cubes, the finer the work," Magness told LiveScience. "Our cubes are very small and fine."
The mosaic decorates part of a synagogue dating back to about A.D. 400 to 500. So far, Magness and her team have excavated only part of the eastern wall of the structure, so they don't yet know how big the synagogue was. But the building appears to be made of large, "beautifully cut" blocks of stone, Magness said, suggesting an expansive structure. [Gallery: Ancient Israeli Treasures
The mosaic, which is incomplete, depicts several scenes. In one, two female faces flank a Hebrew inscription about rewards for people who perform good deeds. In the other, Samson, of the biblical story Samson and Delilah, ties torches to pairs of foxes, an event described in the Book of Judges in both the Christian and Hebrew Bibles. As the story goes, Samson falls in love with a woman of Philistine origin, a people who ruled the city-states of Gaza, Askelon, Ashdod, Ekron and Gath in the ancient Middle East. The Philistines are depicted as enemies of the Israelis in the Bible.
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At his wedding feast with his Philistine bride, Samson taunts the Philistine groomsmen with a riddle they cannot possibly answer. When his bride begs Samson for the solution and passes it on to her kinsmen, he kills 30 men from Askelon in a rage. When he returns home, he finds that his bride has been given to someone else. In revenge, Samson gathers pairs of foxes and ties their tails together with torches between them. He then looses 300 of the animals on the Philistines' fields, destroying their crops.
It's this scene that is depicted in the mosaic. It's an "unusual" subject, Magness said, because only two other synagogues have been found that depict Samson at all, much less a fiery scene of revenge. But one of the other ancient synagogues that does depict Samson is only a few miles from the newly excavated building, Magness said.
The world of Faberge' is more than just their iconic "egg" form of work. Yesterday I got to see a variety of work from the world of Faberge' including a HUGE tiara/crown, exquisite snuff boxes, ornate clocks and to die for picture frames all made with the highest quality materials and craftsmanship. Along with these works was something I found interesting and that is the use of art style such as Neo-Classic, en plein and Art Nouveau.
When Professor Machado indicated that we would see art in a new way, he was correct. I see patterns of the styles of art in various forms including past and present means of inspiration. True to classics, which I feel people equate with those of taste, the elite who appreciated known forms than unknown forms. Here is more about Faberge' as well as I am posting pictures of some of the exhibit.
The first Fabergé egg was crafted for Tsar Alexander III, who decided to give his wife, the Empress Maria Fedorovna, an Easter Egg in 1885, possibly to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their betrothal. It is believed[by whom?] that the Tsar’s inspiration for the piece was an egg owned by the Empress’s aunt, Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark,
which had captivated Maria’s imagination in her childhood. Known as the
Hen Egg, it is crafted from gold. Its opaque white enameled ‘shell’
opens to reveal its first surprise, a matte yellow gold yolk. This in
turn opens to reveal a multi-coloured gold hen that also opens. It
contained a minute diamond replica of the Imperial Crown from which a
small ruby pendant was suspended. Unfortunately, these last two
surprises have been lost.[5]
Empress Maria was so delighted by this gift that Alexander appointed
Fabergé a ‘goldsmith by special appointment to the Imperial Crown’. He
commissioned another egg the following year. After that, Peter Carl Fabergé,
who headed the House, was apparently given complete freedom for future
Imperial Easter Eggs, as from this date their designs become more
elaborate. According to the Fabergé family tradition, not even the Tsar
knew what form they would take: the only requirement was that each one
should contain a surprise. Following the death of Alexander III on
November 1, 1894, his son presented a Fabergé egg to both his wife, the
Empress Alexandra Fedorovna, and to his mother, the Dowager Empress
Maria Fedorovna.
No eggs were made for 1904 and 1905 because of the Russo-Japanese War. Once an initial design had been approved by Peter Carl Fabergé, the work was carried out by an entire team of craftsmen, among them Michael Perkhin, Henrik Wigström and Erik August Kollin.
The Imperial eggs enjoyed great fame, and Fabergé made some other large eggs for a few select private clients, such as the Duchess of Marlborough, the Nobels, the Rothschilds and the Yusupovs. A series of seven eggs was made for the industrialist Alexander Kelch. (Wikipedia with citations)
